Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of OsijekFaculty of Economics in Osijek

Lower level organizational units

Chair of Economics and Business Management

Place

Osijek

State

Croatia

Scientific field, discipline, subdiscipline

SOCIAL SCIENCESEconomicsEconomics of Entrepreneurship

Study programme type

university

Study level

undergraduate

Study programme

Entrepreneurship

Academic title abbreviation

univ. bacc. oec.

Genre

undergraduate thesis

Language

Croatian

Defense date

2018-09-04

Parallel abstract (English)

In this final paper, attention is focused on women in entrepreneurship. The presence of
women in entrepreneurship makes a significant contribution to the economy, but women tend
to give up entrepreneurship since they face various constraints and obstacles. The issues are
discussed in six chapters. The research is based on secondary data, data from professional
books, articles, and websites.
Attention is focused on women who choose to initiate an entrepreneurial venture or improve
existing ones. The biggest issue is gender inequality and the challenges and constraints faced
by entrepreneurs. There are entrepreneurial support institutions that help entrepreneurs with a
view to launching or developing small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.
At the conference, organized by Croatian Postal Bank and the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, women entrepreneurs in the Republic of Croatia pointed
out that the number of women in entrepreneurship has increased in recent years and that they
account for 25% of the total number of small and medium-sized enterprises. (Voice of
Slavonia, 2018)